If someone would like to send a photo, I’ll add it.) (There is at least one other hatbox container that I do not have. The containers shown here are collectible, fragile, and hard to find in good condition. Toward the end of production, they were in blisterpacks. Most containers were simple cardboard boxes, with some later looms in cardboard with a plastic lid. These came in a sweet little box–called “airplane luggage”. The De Luxe Catalin 4” looms are beautiful and warm to touch, but fragile. The plastic versions of these looms have pins with smooth, rounded tips and that makes a difference to your fingers when weaving hundreds of squares. Weave-It standard 4” and 2” looms in plastic are what I use the most-easy to carry, easy to replace if lost or broken (eBay), and easiest to use. If you're handy, here's a site that will help you make your own loom. Squares made with this loom take no time at all and are quickly assembled. My favorite of all hand-held looms is the 5” Weave-It Rug Loom on which I can weave with bulky handspun yarns, fabric strips, raffia, ribbon, etc. (The 4” was also made in Catalin for a brief time.) The bias loom was made of wood with metal pins. The 4” and 2” were first made in wood and later in plastic. Weave-It Looms™ were available in four main types: 4” square, 2” square, 5” rug loom and the 4” bias loom. The appeal of Weave-It’s patented 3-pin arrangement is that it helps the weaver warp and weave quickly without making errors! The looms were then produced and marketed by several different companies over the next forty years. Simonds, filed his patent for the unique pin arrangement in October, 1934. Weave-It Looms™ were not the first, but they certainly were the most popular of the hand-held looms. She also accepts private workshops on different yarn crafts in her weaving & tattoo studio in Pasig, HABITAT 570.Weave-It Looms™, clockwise from top: Bias, Rug, Junior, Standard Great things await for this collaboration as Judith continues on her weave play.Ĭheck out her IG and website for more information about her projects. The Art of Yarn shares our vision to bring more accessible hands-on practices in deepening our learning and appreciation about our weaving culture. New age weaving brings us to exciting times and new ways of preserving our living traditions. As they weave their own simple piece themselves, they are already introduced to the foundational techniques of weaving and experience spending hours starting and finishing.” In Judith’s class, she offers the necessary basics, “ Modern Weaving provides foundational weaving techniques. The art of weaving has been continuously evolving with the infinite techniques and yarn manipulation. I also offer beginner classes for kids and adults! Compared to other crafts, weaving requires less yarn but more patience because it’s a slow craft,” Judith shares some useful tips. Take the chance and try it out! You can start small, using materials you already have at home, or invest in making or purchasing a loom that you can use for more projects. "I’m always excited to meet people who are interested in learning or just want to know more about weaving. A post shared by weave-it-yourself! | Judith □ we grow our community of crafters and their appreciation of our Philippine weaves, Judith takes on the challenge to use our scrap fabrics and host a workshop among Proud Weave Crafters ready to have fun and learn locker hooking to make coasters out of our scraps.
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